The end of the year celebrations are rarely restorative for the body. Preparing meals, seeing a lot of people, staying up late can be exhausting. Similarly, celebratory dinners and luncheons are not known for being the lightest and it can seem like you’ve “eaten too much.” Some ways to get back in shape.
• Do not skip meals
After eating large meals, one may be tempted to skip a few on the following days to “compensate.” But, according to American dietitian Miranda Galati, “ignoring hunger is not sustainable and will only worsen food cravings and increase the desire to binge.” On her blog, she simply advises getting back to your regular eating routine as soon as possible.
• Balanced meals and vitamin D
During these meals, however, it is better to opt for “a healthy diet, rich in protein, vegetables, salads and fruit,” recommends The Smart Clinics, a British chain of private medical centers, on its site. This does not mean cutting out fatty or sugary foods completely. Miranda Galati thus recommends “continuing to eat in moderation, as was done before the holidays.”
“If you deprive yourself to avoid overindulgence, you risk finishing a box of cookies by the end of the week,” he explains.
Smart Clinics also recommends staying well hydrated and increasing your vitamin D intake, which depends on sun exposure and diet. Vitamin D “plays an essential role in the quality of bone and muscle tissue, as well as in strengthening our immune system,” the French national health security agency, ANSES, notes on its site.
Oily fish (sardines, salmon, herring, etc.), certain mushrooms (chanterelles, porcini mushrooms, morels), dark chocolate and even egg yolk are rich in vitamin D, according to ANSES.
• A “pretox” before the New Year?
A few days before December 31, one may be tempted to perform a “pretox”. This beauty and wellness trend consists of “preparing” your body for excesses by eating less fat or sugar before an important meal. But for Corentin Lacroix, a general practitioner and author of WhyDoc Youtube Channelnot much use: “A good diet is played in the long term, it is a matter of weeks or even months. It is not three days before your stomach is blown up that you have to eat in a balanced way,” he explained last week on BFMTV.com.
In addition, the human body has a “built-in detoxification system,” says dietitian Miranda Galati.
“If you have a healthy liver, digestive tract, kidneys, and lungs, your body can filter out toxins and recover from occasional overindulgence with no problem,” he notes on his site.
So he advises forgetting about juice cleanses and extreme dietary changes, which in particular can pose risks of nutrient deficiencies.
Source: BFM TV
